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Artist: Dire Straits
Track: Sutans of swing

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Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing Lyrics
The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath ...
Dire Straits Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More
Dire Straits Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More at SongMeanings! song lyrics, song meanings, albums, music ... Thanks to the Top Ten hit "Sultans of Swing," Dire ...
Dire Straits - Lady Writer Lyrics
This is a great song! One must be tone deaf to compare this song with the Sultans of Swing and benchmarking against that! They are two different songs, two ...
Mark Knopfler - Beryl Lyrics
Just noting that MK is revisiting here a theme from a much earlier song, In The Gallery, from the Dire Straits' Sultans of Swing album. In that song he also ...
Dire Straits - Lions Lyrics
... lyrics that make you feel like you are in the the scenes he's describing...see this song and sultans of swing for proof of that. mark knopfler could do two ...
Dire Straits - Southbound Again Lyrics
Another good thing is that you know when this song ends that you will hear the classic "Sultans of Swing". ... Log in now to tell us what you think this song ...
Dire Straits - So Far Away [DVD] Lyrics
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Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet Lyrics
It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.” That's the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it's about one thing, but ...
Dire Straits - Calling Elvis Lyrics
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Dire Straits - Heavy Fuel Lyrics
Last time I was sober, man I felt bad. Worst hangover that I ever had. It took six hamburgers and scotch all night. Nicotine for breakfast just to put me ...
Dire Straits - On Every Street [DVD] Lyrics
On Every Street [DVD] is found on the album Sultans of Swing [Video]. Found on more albums: On the Night [Video]. close ...
Dire Straits - So Far Away Lyrics
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Dire Straits - Heavy Fuel [DVD] Lyrics
Heavy Fuel [DVD] is found on the album Sultans of Swing [Video]. Found on more albums: On the Night [Video]. close ...
Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick [Live] Lyrics
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Dire Straits - Walk Of Life Lyrics
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies. Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
Dire Straits - Calling Elvis [DVD] Lyrics
Calling Elvis [DVD] is found on the album Sultans of Swing [Video]. Found on more albums: On the Night [Video]. close ...
Dire Straits - Lady Writer [DVD] Lyrics
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Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms Lyrics
These mist covered mountains. Are a home now for me. But my home is the lowlands. And always will be. Someday you'll return to. Your valleys and your farms
Dire Straits - Twisting By The Pool Lyrics
Song Meaning. Well, I wanted to talk about this one for ... Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits ... Sultans Of Swing Lyrics · Money For Nothing Lyrics ...
Dire Straits - Planet of New Orleans Lyrics
I I could sit in a Smoky Bar and listen to this song and Sultans of Swing and eat some Blackened Cat fish and Jubalia I could Die Happy. I couldn't believe ...
Dire Straits - On Every Street Lyrics
There's gotta be a record of you someplace. You gotta be on somebody's books. The lowdown, a picture of your face. Your injured looks
Dire Straits - Down To The Waterline Lyrics
Sweet surrender on the quayside. You remember we used to run and hide. In the shadow of the cargoes I take you one time. And we're counting all the numbers ...
Sultans Of Swing Meanings & Lyrics Discussion
ktk2002 discusses the meanings of Sultans Of Swing lyrics: This is my favorite song of all time along with Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd...The intro is just amazing i really feel alright when I here this song...I remember many years ago when my dad would play it on the cars CD player and Id tell him that Dire Straits, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and many other Greats sucked and that Linkin Park and all the new rock bands are better and he'd laugh at me and say
Dire Straits - Once Upon A Time In The West Lyrics
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Dire Straits - Private Investigations Lyrics
Add the lyrics and this is one of my favorite Dire Straits songs. The song has always seemed simple enough to me. It's about the difficult life of a PI. Though ...
Dire Straits - Tunnel Of Love Lyrics
Getting crazy on the waltzers but it's the life that i choose. Sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tattoo
Dire Straits - Hand In Hand Lyrics
Fighting with Romeo and Juliet about being the best Dire Straits love song. ... Log in now to tell us what you think this song means. ... Sultans Of Swing Lyrics ...
Dire Straits - Wild West End Lyrics
Stepping out to Angellucci's for my coffee beans. Checking out the movies and the magazines. Waitress she watches me crossing from the Barocco Bar
Dire Straits - Six Blade Knife Lyrics
Song Meaning. The six blade knife is his guitar. It tears him apart, opens his mind like a can, keeps him in "dire straits," but he'd still do anything for it.
Dire Straits - Les Boys Lyrics
As explained by mark knopfler in an interview, he and the band were looking for somewhere to get food after one of there shows whilst in Germany. · This song was ...
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing Lyrics
You can read interviews to find out exactly what the song is about, but you shouldn't even need to with this song. It's quite clear the singer is mocking a ...
Dire Straits - In The Gallery Lyrics
I was revisiting sme Dire Straits earlier today, music ... Log in now to tell us what you think this song means. ... Sultans Of Swing Lyrics · Money For Nothing ...
Dire Straits - Water Of Love Lyrics
Water Of Love is found on the album Dire Straits. Found on more albums: Dire Straits/Making Movies Dire Straits [Germany] Live at the BBC Sultans of Swing: ...
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Sultans Of Swing by Dire Straits - Songfacts
Sultans Of Swing by Dire Straits song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position
Lady Writer by Dire Straits - Songfacts
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Sultans of Swing - Deptford, London, UK
Deptford, London, is where Mark Knopfler saw the real band that inspired the Dire Straits song "Sultans Of Swing."
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Eastbound Train by Dire Straits - Songfacts
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Walk Of Life by Dire Straits - Songfacts
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Beryl by Mark Knopfler - Songfacts
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Genius Meanings
Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
“Sultans of Swing” by Mark Knopfler appears on the self-titled Dire Straits album – 1978. It’s a story song, told as a second person narrative about the London Jazz experience and
Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing [Alchemy]
You get a shiver in the dark / It's raining in the park but meantime / South of the river you stop and you hold everything / A band is blowing Dixie double four time / You feel
Dire Straits – Money for Nothing
The most successful Dire Straits single, “Money for Nothing” is inspired by Mark Knopfler listening to a man complaining about the musicians that emerged in the 1980s. The song
Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing (Live at the BBC)
You get a shiver in the dark / It's raining in the park but meantime / South of the river you stop and you hold everything / A band is blowing Dixie double four time / You feel
Dire Straits – Private Investigations
This is the second track on Dire Straits' 1982 album “Love Over Gold.” It evokes the private detectives of classic film noir. The song itself is mainly instrumental, with most
Dire Straits – Twisting by the Pool
[Verse 1] / We're going on a holiday now / Going to take a villa, a small chalet / Costa del Magnifico / Yo, cost of living is so low / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Yeah (Yeah), going to be so
Dire Straits – Lions
[Verse 1] / Red sun going down, way over dirty town / Starlings they're sweeping around, crazy shoals / Yes and a girl is there, high heeling across the square / The wind, it blows
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Sultans of Swing (The Very Best of Dire Straits) by Dire Straits
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Dire Straits by Dire Straits
Dire Straits is the debut studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 7 October 1978 by Vertigo Records worldwide and by Warner Bros. Records in the US. The
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Dire Straits
Founded by brothers Mark and David Knopfler in 1977, Dire Straits introduced a viable alternative to the punk-dominated British music scene of the late 70’s. Commonly referred to